April 18th, 2012

We're back with a new episode of Next Gen News, CraveOnline's weekly gaming podcast, just like clockwork. Up for discussion this week is the recently-released XBLA title Fez, as well as our humble origins as gaming journalists.

In regards to Fez, we cover pretty much everything about the title. The good. The bad. And, yes, even the ugly. Everyone has an opinion on the six-years-in-development indie darling, and we voice those feelings on the show.

Lastly, to wrap up this week's program we go round-robin style to detail how we got started in this business. We even give a few helpful tips for those trying to break into the gaming journalism industry. So if that's you, pay attention.

April 11th, 2012

Having arrived home in one piece after the trip back from Boston, the Next Gen News crew decided it was time to pick our favorite games from the show floor at PAX East. Each of us select 2…ish…games from our stack of appointments and floor cruising to discuss.

What ensues is a whole lot of hype generation. Now we wish we had a time machine. Impatience, we hate you so, so much.

April 7th, 2012

That's a wrap on day two of PAX East 2012. Just like with Friday, we played a crap ton of games on Saturday. Now it's time to talk about our favorites. Listen in to hear us discuss Firefall, Far Cry 3, X-COM: Enemy Unknown, Spec Ops: The Line, Loadout, Aliens: Colonial Marines, Sleeping Dogs and much, much more.

April 6th, 2012

We're here on the show floor of PAX East, and we're ready to talk your ears off about the sweet, sweet games we played.

Mike spent time with League of Legends, Joey handled Assassin's Creed and Erik tackled Mark of the Ninja. But, don't worry folks, the party doesn't stop there. We also dive into a bit of Planetside, Tribes, Lollipop Chainsaw, The Witcher 2 and Mortal Kombat for the PS Vita.

We're only one day into the show; we've got two more to go. Keep it locked.

April 5th, 2012

We might sound a little congested and timid, but that’s just because we’re congested and trying not to stir the hotel neighbors. PAX kicks off Crave’s convention season for 2012, and there are some kick ass titles to check out on the show floor. Topics for this installment include Assassins Creed 3, League of Legends and Mario Tennis for the 3DS. Stick with us all weekend for a bombardment of gaming news, interviews and hands on demos.

April 4th, 2012

We hope you weren't expecting the regular stable of panelists -- Erik Norris, Joey Davidson and Mike White -- for episode #106 of Next Gen News. Because you absolutely will not find them here (check out this week's The Idiot Box *wink wink*). Instead, Next Gen News has been hijacked by CraveOnline's film crew, William Bibbiani, Witney Seibold and special guest Adam Thomas. That's right, the B-Movies Podcast team is talking video games. It's raining cats and dogs. Pigs are flying. And everyone's wearing permanently popped collar Ed Hardy shirts. Anarchy.

On this week's show, Bibbs, "The Professor," and "The Expert" (I'll let you figure out which is which) throw down the gauntlet, choosing to break down the top ten games of the 1990s*. There is shouting; there is crying; and there are dick jokes as the crew discusses "the pinball boom of the 1990s" and more.